kenny weir

Easily the most interesting thing about the replies so far is that I deliberately differentiated Canadian bacon from the American variety - because, let's face it, they are not even close to being of the same genre of pork smallgoods - and nobody bats an eyelid. Very strange. When did "American bacon" mutate to such a pronounced degree that it became its own species and quite different from what most folkses regard as bacon?

For the first time in weeks, I made Bennie and I pancakes for brekky this morning. As we didn't have any syrup in the house, we had 'em with bannana and yogurt. Trouble with having syrup in the house, though, is they make the enterprise so yummy-scrumptious that I wanna have those suckers EVERY day. And I suspect that's not really all that healthy. I have to confess that I usually have muesli with sliced fruit and a good low-fat yogurt. It definitely keeps me in motion, if you know what I mean. But fundametally, the Italian coffee, pastry 'n' papers thing is my dream breakfast.

Mike, I'd like to think Mike Nock will get a bit of a run in your new book. I think he was pretty active in SF during that time.

Doesn't that query belong on the spider thread?

Actually, I think pasta (noodles anyway) came from China. As did motor scooters. And parmesan.

What about the Peddlers, a Brit organ-guitar-drums trio? I remember seeing them on The David Frost Show shen is a wee little lad but can't recall if they were any good. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll Someone I also recall from those radio days was Brian Auger. That was all down to a hit he had with (I think) the band Trinity and Julie Driscoll with Dylan's This Wheel's On Fire. But I think they went quite a bit deeper than that. I've seen various discs raved about at Dusty groove (so what else is new? )

I liked Pleasant Valley, too, so i was looking forward to it. Why not, with Mark Whitfield, Lonnie Smith and Fred Wesley. Sad to say, I've found it pretty sluggish so far. Drummer Lenny White is part of the problem, but only part. Just doesn't seem to have a groove or much life.

Ahhh, this is great ... and very touching. Eat yer hearts out, AAJ, BNBB and JC!

What do you feed him? More importantly, what kind of jazz does he dig?

Reminds me of a sandwich board potted outside a pub in the midst of Sydney's Chinatown a few years back. It read: "Australian food - lasagne, spag bol."

Well, I've just dusted off Soul Manifesto and having had the walls shaking as I'm cooking dinner for family and friends (Burmese beef curry, Burmese mixed vegetable salad, plain rice; caramel cake, my current fave thing to make). It's sounding pretty damn fine - much better than I remembered. A real solid workout. Turn it up!

Wow, thanks for all the informed comments. That's a big help. The big moment is still a few week's away unfortunately.

It's a funny thing ... when I drop by my fave internet "bar" and find a thread like this going bananas, my heart definitely does a modest little leap of joy at the thought of outrage, controversey, juicy gossip, conspiracy theories, multiple laughs, scandal in the family etc etc. So from that point of view, I couldn't care less what the BN folkeses do!

I hope to take the plunge on my first Mosaic set when my tax return arrives. The Blue Note sets are all oh so tempting, but I think I'm gonna go to it a different way (I have quite a lot by all the BN artists currently available). So I think I'll go with something I have very little or none of. And I definitely dig the idea of having a whole lot more West Coast/Cool stuff around. So anyone care to comment on the relative merits of the following boxes? Chico Hamilton (I have none) Tristano (none)/Marsh (none)/Konitz (plenty) Gerald Wilson (zero) Cooper (some)/Holman (zero)/Rosolino (zero) Any help/comments appreciated.

A few years back, my boss gave me a yellowed old Penguin paperback (from 1959 I think) of some early Faulkner called New Orleans Sketches. I'll send it - gratis - to the first Faulkner fan board member who PMs me. And what about Robert Penn Warren? I've read All The King's Men several times, and many years ago read quite a few novels in a concentrated period, and remember them fondly. I think some I haven't read have been RVGed in the Voices Of The South Series. (Up to page 80 of The Hamlet)

I quite like Soul Manifesto, and keep trying Undiscovered Few every now and then - to me, it has a similar vibe to Stefon Harris's Black Action Figure (which I love) so I figure I may click with it one day. But by far my fave Jones stuff can be heard on the Maceo Parker album Mo' Roots. This 1990 Verve outing also features Parker's fellow Brownites Fred Wesley and Pee Wee Ellis, as well as Jones, Larry Golding and Bill Stewart. It has my fave jazzy M Gaye cover (Let's Get It On) and classic soul jazzers such as Chicken, Southwick and Sister Sadie. This is a cooker! Jones is actually the key - he's hot yet subtle; I can't even remember if he takes a solo, but his rhythm playing really drives along. Its predecessor, Roots Revisted, has pretty much the same cast, and is also pretty cool, as is 1993's Southern Exposure - same folkses again, with the addition of the ReBirth Brass Band on a couple of tracks (including a ripper Mercy, Metcy, Mercy). I've found Maceo's stuff since then not so satisfying for me personally - much less jazz and much much more (to me, tiresome) funk. I also have Jones on a 1994 Telarc album called Right Turn on Blues by Jimmy McGriff and Hank Crawford. Haven't played it for yonks, but recall it as OK (and I'm surprised to find AMG giving it 4 1/2 stars!).

I've just finished a paperback version of this that I'm reviewing for my paper. I'm a little surprised at all the dismissive comments I've read (here and elsewhere). No, it's not exhaustive by any means. I was familiar with much of the material, but loved reading those stories again. I'm far from being a BN hardcore nut, but I own just about all of what Cook considers to be the key albums. What I did like was they way he put the mighty adventures of Lion, Wolff, Quebec and all the rest in cultural and historical perspective - the trials and fiscal challenges of coping with changes in format (78, 45, 10-inch, 12-inch) for instance. In the more affordable paperback form at least, I think most folks here would enjoy an afternoon of reading (and listening) this provides.

While visiting his niece, an elderly man had a heart attack. The woman drove wildly to get him to the emergency room. After what seemed like a very long wait, the E.R. doctor appeared, wearing his scrubs and a long face. Sadly, he said, "I'm afraid that your uncle's brain is dead, but his heart is still beating." "Oh, dear," cried the woman, her hands clasped against her cheeks with shock, "we've never had a Republican in the family before!"

Hell, it smelt so good (and so powerful) I'm surprised you couldn't partake right from where you are. Tasted almost as good, too, and I'm looking forward to having the leftovers in a sanger today. B)

This is my idea of fun, or one of them anyways. We've got a chook to cook for dinner tonight, and I just couldn't face roasting it the way we normally do - stuffed with lemons. So I fossicked around in a few cook books and found a funky basting sauce recipe in River Road Recipes, a south Louisiana cook book. I put about 1/4 cup of oil in a bowl (the recipe said 3/4), followed by the juice of 4 lemons (the recipe said 2), a tablespoon of worcester sauce, a teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon of paprika (the recipe said Tabasco, but didn't have any) and two finely chopped, large garlic cloves. I marinated the chook in that for about half an hour, and then popped in the oven (about 190C) with another tray of spuds and sweet potato. Carrots and courgettes to be steamed just before dining. Blimey, it's sure making the house smell good. Even better than the butterscotch cake I just took out. All prepared while my wife is at a movie (Dial M For Murder), my son was asleep and Benny Goodman/Charlie Christian were entertaining the cook at a suitably high volume.

Who is Larry Young?

My wife Deb, a singer, is working on a jazzy cabaret show called "Torch Me", in which she's gonna do songs that are from movies. Two questions: 1. Anyone know of a site/sites that explores this? The main movie sites I use at work - IMDB and AMG - don't have a search facility for songs. 2. Anyone know the movie provenance of: a. Cheek To Cheek b. Blue Moon c. I Wonder Who's Kissing Him Now Any assistance appreciated!

I almost finished Light In August before it was rudely interupted by another (more enticing) book, and gained the most satisfaction of any of the Faulkner I have read. I bought the Snopes trilogy and read The Hamlet, but never really gelled with it. I enjoyed the fact it was in a relatively straightforward narrative form, but the characters just seemed too cartoon-like for me to have any belief in them. But I've enjoyed this thread - it's inspiration to pick with the dude again before the year's out. How about some suggestions of similar stuff, or subsequent books influenced by Faulkner?

Well said Mnytime - by someone who no doubt likes the twists and turns of modern jazz! Strewth - I've tried and tied and tried to dig Faulkner. I like the themes of the books, and their settings, but (a bit like me and Ornette) I just don't get it. I've started and failed to progress on dozens of his books over the years. And that includes wading uncomprehendingly through the first part of The Sound And The Fury. I envy you guys. Maybe it'll all click some day. This is my version of Proust! This long-term aim is, temporarily I hope, hindered by the time contraints of having a toddler. I suspect such demanding reading, no matter how profound, brilliant or satisfying, deserves/requires some serious slabs of quality reading time. What music do you suggest for reading Faulkner? Trout Mask Replica?

Tom Dooley